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Senior Appellate Counsel
Securities and Exchange Commission · Posted 66 days ago
About the Role
The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) is seeking a Trial Attorney (Senior Appellate Counsel) in the Appellate group. As a Senior Appellate Counsel, you will draft briefs, present oral arguments, and provide legal advice concerning a variety of complex legal issues involving the federal securities laws, the Constitution, the Administrative Procedure Act, and the Bankruptcy Code.
What You'll Do
- →The Appellate group represents the Commission in appeals of civil enforcement actions and in petitions seeking review of Commission adjudicatory actions, rulemakings, and other regulatory actions.
- →In this role as a Senior Appellate Counsel, you will be responsible for: Leading appellate litigation before the U.S.
- →Supreme Court, courts of appeals, and district courts, including drafting briefs, preparing submissions, and presenting oral argument in cases arising from enforcement actions, Commission orders, and rulemakings.
- →Providing authoritative legal advice to the Commission, individual Commissioners, and senior SEC staff on complex, significant, and novel legal questions involving federal securities laws, administrative law, constitutional law, and appellate procedure.
- →Evaluating adverse decisions and recommending whether the Commission should pursue further review in the courts of appeals or the Supreme Court.
- →Assessing private litigation for potential Commission participation as amicus curiae and prepare amicus recommendations and draft briefs when appropriate.
- →Supporting OGC leadership, including assisting the General Counsel with special projects and providing legal guidance to rulemaking and trial teams on complex legal issues that intersect with appellate litigation.
- →Preparing memoranda and other written material to support agency positions on challenging legal issues, including statutory construction, procedural questions, and cross-agency policy considerations.
- →Supervising junior attorneys in the conduct of appellate litigation, providing mentorship, strategic guidance, and quality review of briefs and other written work-product.
Requirements
- ✓You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.
- ✓Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course.
- ✓If you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, you must submit a copy of your unofficial transcripts or equivalent by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓Qualifying education must have been obtained from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Internal Applicants: OHR will verify education qualifications for internal applicants using documents in the Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF).
- ✓If required transcripts or certificates are not present in your eOPF, you will be required to provide them to OHR.
- ✓If selected, a start date will not be established until official transcripts are received.
- ✓FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs.
- ✓For more information, click here.
- ✓Applicants may also find the following helpful: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) is an association of 19 credential evaluation services with admission standards and an enforced code of good practice.
- ✓Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE) is an association of 10 credential evaluation services with a board of advisors and an enforced code of ethics.
Personality Fit
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